£50k of counterfeit goods seized | OBLive

Phony perfumes, counterfeit clothes and fake Apple AirPods were part of goods worth more than £50,000 that were seized in a raid by Barking and Dagenham Council.

Trading Standards officers also found a number of hidden knives in the property after swooping on an address on Whalebone Grove, Dagenham.

Councillor Margaret Mullane, Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Community Safety also attended the operation with council officers. The haul of fakes filled a transit van and brands taken away for further investigation included Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Dior and Paco Rabanne.

It is estimated more than 1,500 perfumes were remo